NDNL and Rita Kolesnikova make “Requies” a song about justice arriving from somewhere beyond the familiar world. The track begins in transition, with the old world already receding and an unknown one opening ahead, but Kolesnikova’s vocal turns that uncertainty into a descent. “I’m making my way through the air / down to the ground,” she sings, arriving as an avenging figure sent to confront the damage left behind.
The song’s spiritual language gives that confrontation its scale without turning it into a conventional religious statement. The speaker falls from a height where she could see clearly, naming the suffering caused by another person’s actions: broken trust, damaged dreams, hatred, and the people who have been made to feel less beautiful than they are. Her promise is not simply punishment, but forced recognition. “You’ll come to see it all again” makes accountability mean facing the consequences that were previously avoided.
That idea connects the song’s personal origin to NDNL’s larger transition. Kolesnikova found the melodies and lyrics in a dream where she was an angel sent to punish those who abused others, while NDNL frames “Requies” as the entrance to a final chapter. The music may be vast and atmospheric, but its destination is direct: you have to face what you have done.
